Mortz Marcelo Ortigoza
26 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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De la Hoya ? Pacquiao: Just Sheer Hype?
On September 2003, boxing promoter Oscar de la Hoya fought Middleweight King Bernard ?The Executioner? Hopkins at 160 lbs. He bloated himself to 6 pounds so he could pay himself $ 30…
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Can Barrera Chalk-up an Upset?
Recently, I watched the fights of Manny Pacquiao that commenced from November 2003 to April 2007. His opponents that I picked up in the span of four years were Marco Antonio, Manuel…
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Strategies Barrera Have to Muster to Defeat Pacquiao<br>But Would They Enough?
In the wars participated by Bernard Hopkins and Antonio Tarver, Hopkins and Winky Wright, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Oscar de la Hoya, and Winky Wright and Cory Spinks (in his controversial bout),…
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READERS REACT TO ROY JONES COMMENT ON PACQUIAO
Man, here’s what Roy Jones had got on his “blasphemy” against Pacman. In my column yesterday titled: “Will it be Barrera, not Marquez, who will Solve the Pacquaio Puzzle?”, the said prose…
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Will It Be Barrera, Not Marquez, Who Will Solve the Pacquiao Puzzle?
Former pound–for-pound king Roy Jones has so much admiration on Marco Antonio Barrera that he emphatically told Doug Fisher of Maxboxing.Com: “I’d still say Barrera’s better pound-for-pound than Manny (Pacquiao). To me,…
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Boxing’s Lost Opportunities: The Arum-Pacquiao Contractual Debacle
World class boxing is primordially powered by Adam Smith’s laissez faire economy. The most-sought matches by the paying fight fans call the day for big time money. Thus, mentally-engraved tussles like Ali-Frazier,…
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A Day of Infamy
The Demetrius Hopkins vs Steve Forbes, the Daniel Ponce de Leon vs. Gerry Pe?alosa, and the Marco Antonio Barrera vs Juan Manuel Marquez were all hell of a fight. However, the first…
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Fall-Out of a Contractual Blunder
As a former colony of the United States for almost 40 years, laws in the Philippines are quite synonymous with the U.S. That’s why jurisprudence in our country adopt some decisions of…
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GAB, Pacman, & Politicians
At 8 Am last Friday, I was zealously discussing boxing with Dagupan City’s Bombo- Radyo manager and commentator Marvin Modelo on the airwaves. Hey guys, Modelo is the voice behind the Pacquaio-Larios…
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Can Pacman Transform his Ring Prowess into Politics?
Emmanuel Pacquaio means Excellence -- the renaissance and quintessential man the Filipino’s Malay-Indonesian race has ever produced. He is supermen’s superman—except superman’s handsome face. He is King Midas-- whose things he touched…
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Sports R.P. Can Globally Pole-Vault
Like boxing, soccer is another sport where the Philippines can go to places. Unlike in basketball, where height plays a major advantage, soccer is ceteris paribus (all other things being equal). It's…
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Pacquaio-Larios: Does an Upset Loom?
In the Mano-a-Mano between Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao and Oscar “Chololo” Larios, most Filipino boxing fans will root for the former. However, there are buffs here and abroad who would not discount the…
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Gab and Jab at GAB
Gab and jab at GAB By Mortz Marcelo Ortigoza I felt sorry for the tragedy that basketball star Eugene Tejada of Purefoods succumbed. Jesus, his spinal cord was seriously dislocated. What added…
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ABS/CBN’s High Priest Should Ponder on This
Psychologically, Manny “Pacman” Pacquaio is a demigod. He is the quintessential Filipino superman except probably Superman’s handsome face. In terms of popularity before the eyes of his compatriots, he raises more raves…
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Pacman’s trainer on ABS/CBN’s hefty-priced tickets
At 11 p.m. last April 21, 2006 at the Rumble at the Bay, I asked boxing trainer, the renowned Boboy Fernandez (assistant trainer of Freddie Roach on Manny Pacqauio, and a fellow…
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What Filipinos Could Learn on the Floyd Mayweather, Jr.’s Dilemma
The tragedy to befall on Pretty Boy Floyd Mayweather Jr. on the last part of the 10th round of his tussle with Zab “Super Zab” Judah can be a learning experience to…
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Is ABS/CBN a Threat to Boxing Promoters?
Behind the July 2, 2006 Manny Pacquiao-Oscar Larios clash will be a well-oiled consortium of ABS/CBN Television Network and Manny Pacquiao Promotions (MPP). But the real McCoy holding the proverbial barrel of…
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Woe to those Poor Pacman Fans
The stiff priced tickets peddled by Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao - ABS/CBN business partnership on the July 2, 2006 boxing match between Pacman and Oscar “Chololo” Larios” will have a psychological backlash to…
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Pacman–Barrera Rematch: Maxwell’s Silver Hammer!
Bob Arum and Erik “El Terrible” Morales must get their act together lest they will be left on the sideline with the proverbial empty bag without out even a penny in it.…
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Can a Filipino Stop the Blitzkrieg of Jorge Arce?
The Manny Pacquaio’s cult-like personality was at the expense of the blood of the unfortunate Mexico’s Three Musketeers Barrera, Marquez, and Morales. Those hard falls on the canvas the three suffered bolster…
